Starter motor OEM Subaru or Duralast

I got an Autozone Duralast one for my 09 LX and 2 yrs later after a lot of starts its still going strong.

No need to go OEM on part. Plenty of good refurbs out there. Think I picked up a Duralast at Autozone for $190.

I too have a 87 wagon. However, my experience with Duralast starters was with my 2005 Subaru. Was recently in jam and needed quick replacement then. The duralast was essentially a remanufactured part and seemed ok quality. Has been almost two months since installation and no problems at all.

After every diagnostic I could think of I got a Duralast reman starter from Auzotone and the engine cranked right over first try so looks like a defective reman was the problem. Lesson learned that you can’t always trust bench testing to find issues.

I got a starter from AutoZone (Duralast - remanufactured from Mexico) and installed it myself. Anyway, I got it free, took careful note as to where all the wires were supposed to go and then set about installing the other starter.

My buddy has gone through 3 starters on his crosstrek, all under warranty, because of the auto stop.

My CPO Base Impreza 2019, with 26k miles, wouldn’t start. The starter motor failed and that part is out of warranty. I was just pissed because I had the car for less than 2 years.

My 2018 started having starter issue at around 40k.

I have had intermittent issues with a cold start where it would need to crank for much longer than seemed appropriate.

We had the starter die long before the recalls and paid out of pocket and then had to fight with Subaru for some of our money after the recall came out. 3 years later, here we are again with a dead car and I think it is the starter as it is acting the same way it did last time. We replaced it with an OEM starter so I am now wondering if that was part of the batch that was recalled? I'm honestly so sick of this car not starting when we need it to